The Literature Network - `Good Poems,' selected and introduced by Garrison Keillor; `The Oxford Book of War Poetry,' edited by Jon Stallworthy; `Cry Out: Poets Protest the War,' edited by Edward Morrow.

`Good Poems,' selected and introduced by Garrison Keillor; `The Oxford Book of War Poetry,' edited by Jon Stallworthy; `Cry Out: Poets Protest the War,' edited by Edward Morrow.

Content courtesy of

From: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/TribuneNews Service)
Date: 20031128
Author:

Byline: Nancy Pate

YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS

``Good Poems,'' selected and introduced by Garrison Keillor (Penguin, $15): What is a "good" poem? Keillor writes that one indicator is the way in which it imprints itself on your memory. Consequently, some of the poems in this volume are old favorites, such as Robert Louis Stevenson's "I Will Make You Brooches" and Robert Burns' "A Red, Red Rose," as well as poems by Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Robert Frost and Shakespeare. But the majority are contemporary works Keillor has read on the radio. So it's with ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

`Good Poems,' selected and introduced by Garrison Keillor; `The Oxford Book of War Poetry,' edited by Jon Stallworthy; `Cry Out: Poets Protest the War,' edited by Edward Morrow.

Other Articles on Robert Burns